India gets yet another international snub over Occupied Kashmir
Shares
LONDON –India gets yet another international snub over Occupied Kashmir from Amnesty International Secretary General Kumi Naidoo.
He has said the people of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir should not be treated as pawns in a political crisis, and the international community must come together to call for their human rights to be respected.
“For the first time in decades the United Nations Security Council is taking up the issue of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Members of the council need to remember that their mandate is to protect international peace and security – and they should seek to resolve the situation in a way that puts the human rights of the people in this troubled region at its centre.
“We reiterate our calls to the Indian government to act in accordance with international human rights law and standards towards people living in Jammu and Kashmir, including in relation to arrests and detentions of political opponents, and the rights to liberty and freedom of movement.
“The actions of the Indian government have thrown ordinary people’s lives into turmoil, subjecting them to unnecessary pain and distress on top of the years of human rights violations they have already endured.”
